Category: StarTrek / Science Fiction

Open Source is about enabling users “Amazon, Microsoft, Google” and the White House, want to help make Open Source more secure… https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-150-millionen-us-dollar-sollen-open-source-absichern-2205-165382.html https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-linux-foundation-will-security-praxis-vereinheitlichen-2008-150036.html src of src: “White House OSS Mobilization Plan” 2022: https://openssf.org/blog/2022/05/11/testimony-to-the-us-house-committee-on-science-and-technology/ 2020: “The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration […]

a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up to) […]

when? soon… very soon… “Musk on Nov. 17 said SpaceX will “hopefully launch” the first orbital Starship flight in January or February (2022), pending regulatory approval by the FAA as well as technical readiness.” (sc: cnbc.com) “On Black Friday, SpaceX […]

perfect start perfect skydiver-flight perfect landing small fire no “unscheduled rapid disassembly” aka “BocaChicaBoomBoom” 15h later… still standing!!! congratulationzzzz! so it is official: the Starship has landed…. intact in one piece. CONGRATULATIONZZZZ!🥳🥳🥳 Next stop: Low Earth Orbit 🙂 in order […]

direct link to Video: https://dwaves.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ingenuitiy-first-flying-vehicle-on-Mars-2021-04-21.mp4 (for some buggy reason Diaspora or the WP Diaspora plugin is unable to include the video or properly link to it) full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KolyCqICI it is the first time, mankind has flown a vehicle on […]

Update: Amazon Kuper vs OneWeb vs SpaceX the competition is on! almost-satellite-colissions in space (who owns space?) collisions between Amazon Kuiper vs OneWeb vs SpaceX in court on Earth (some parties might not refrain from playing foul) “While SpaceX makes […]

“Linux has made it to Mars” “The Red Planet runs on Linux” (src: theverge.com) just hope the #Perseverence Mars rover ain’t running Windows 🙈 (then it is lost already X-D) it will start a flight in the next 2-3 months […]

to learn something new is fun to have one’s head messed up… not so much… ever heard of Buckminster Fuller? the guy wo inveted the “fish car” and big fan of geodesic domes the idea was great… but the marketing? […]

https://youtu.be/smK9dgdTl40?t=2059 “From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you […]

Almost 10 years after it’s release – Mass Effect 2 grafix are still pretty pretty 🙂 the Mass Effect 2 setup was not working. When one inserts DVD2 and hits “retry” nothing happens. “simply copy all the files from the […]

“God has given mankind a stage – how the story ends – is up to you” … with the first pogo free Saturn V. “THE PERILS OF POGO” by Werner von Braun: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-350/ch-3-5.html

https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/ Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtgeschwindigkeit 1.080.000.000 km/h Eine Milliarden km pro Stunde 25.920.000.000 km / day in Worten 25 Milliarden km pro Tag 181.440.000.000 km / week in Worten: 181 Milliarden km pro Woche 5.443.200.000.000 km / month in Worten 5 Billionen km pro […]

Will StarLink be sufficiently protected against “solar storms”? aka “space weather”? it is important to ask those “what if” questions and at least exercise it and prepare somehow. quick answer: depends on the magnitude of the event Carrington 1859 size […]

important factors: shielding radiation: it is very important for long term survival of humans on any planet or in space to properly shield against radiation a thick atmosphere preferably with oxygen a magnetic field (artificial or by-iron-planet-core) to long-term colonize […]

how can everyone help? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 spread the news! set the focus! cognitive disconnectedness between governments and science: the non-sustainability mess Let’s face it… the fossil fuel powered steam engine economy … once started… is very hard […]

Make an impact! (just not on impact) how can everyone help build the city on Mars? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 write about it! spread the news! set the focus of the discussion! computer rendering of SpaceShip 2020-12: SpaceShip SN8 […]

Why is quantum computing important: optimization Update: Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy The tech giant unveiled its x-quantum computer chip Bristlecone in March 2018 (src: cnet) original nasa paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lv8p1fB47z1pEZVlfDXhop082Lc-kdD/view book: https://deepai.org/machine-learning/researcher/eleanor-g-rieffel https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-Introduction-Engineering-Computation/dp/0262015064 Scott’s Supreme Quantum Supremacy FAQ! […]

multiple problems: distance, temperature, water, funding the discovery of exoplanets many light years away means: we shall take good care of our blue planet and share it peacefully and instead of putting all efforts into destroying each other and all […]

Avoid CO2 use the Fusion Reactor in the Sky (if the 2 is pronanced German than it even rhymes) as a lot of fossil fuel is (still in 2021!) used to produce electrictiy, it is possible and recommended to set […]

NASA wants to return to the Moon with Humans For the first time in over 10 years, we have money in @NASA’s budget request for a return to the Moon with human-rated landers. #Moon2Mars pic.twitter.com/x7cR1nRyzA — Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) March […]

as far as i understood the “string theory” and also Einstein’s Theory is that on the smallest building blocks Matter = is actually = Energy, in “string theory” this energy is resembled as a vibrating string, if it vibrates in […]

  Soyuz MS-18 launch marks 60 years of human spaceflight how can everyone help build the city on Mars? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 write about it! spread the news! set the focus of the discussion! short story: inside the […]

Our solar System: including orbits 40 light years away…   Despite the very unsexy name – “TRAP“-IST-1e and the other TRAPPIST-1 planets released in 2018 determined that the planet is one of the most Earth-like worlds (ever) found It is […]

Problems with Mars missions: Radiation, Solar Flares, Meteoroids and Dust Storms “it receives occasional lethal blasts that occur with strong solar flares” (src) who cares we gotta go there – Mars might be mankind’s only hope for survival in the […]

these are all challenges that need to be overcome… and they can be overcome… with “good enough” energy storage systems. how can everyone help build the city on Mars? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 write about it! spread the news! […]

due to the lack of magnetic field solar radiation is said to have nocked away most of Mars’ water… (every drop of water instantly either freezes or vaporates) – there seems to be “enough” water in frozen form that just […]

Strange Cigar Shaped visitor Asteroid Oumuamua and ice clouds “the first interstellar object ever seen in our solar system, named ‘Oumuamua, is giving scientists a fresh perspective on the development of planetary systems.” (src: NASA) Scientists conclude that interstellar object […]

“Venus is an excellent lessor for us” “Volcanoes released so much CO2” it started a run-away greenhouse effect making Venus the hellish habitat it is today This Is What Planets Looked Like 3.8 Billion Years Ago: “If Earth loses ability […]